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Peripheral nerve stimulators

Neuropathy | Last Active: Oct 16, 2023 | Replies (259)

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@avmcbellar

Hi @lorirenee1 how are you doing? Has your pain decreased after removing the stimulator? I had also wanted to ask you about your experience with the virtual reality therapy? I received the VR goggles to give the therapy on the website a try. Because of my double vision I think I will wait to start. Seems to me the therapy may be more successful without double vision. Hope you are getting positive results. Toni

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@avmcbellar Hi, Tony! Thanks so much for asking if my pain has gone down without my DRG stimulator. The answer is yes, and no. I felt the electricity mostly in my butt cheeks, and that is much better. It got that I could barely sit down, so that is better. However, I still have very odd shin sensations, that I never had before. I assumed that the stimulator was doing that, but not so sure now. Maybe it takes a bit of time for the tissue to settle down. My shins throb and are like fire when I sleep, and I wear ice packs on them to bed. This is either neuropathy pain that has spread to the shins, of just residual pain from the stimulator. If it does not settle down in a few more days, I will call my pain doc. As far as the virtual reality website, I did book mark and look at it. However, I realized that it probably would not work too well for me, because I was born without depth perception! Those 3D movies that are made, I cannot see the depth. So I doubt the virtual reality will work very well for me. It sounds smart not to try with double vision, Toni. Not a good idea for now. How are you doing in general? This is not an easy road we walk, at all. Let me know how you are doing. Sincerely, Lori